Can't delete file from server

**thegoadie** · 07-05-2007, 04:52 AM

Hi everyone,

I am unable to delete a file from my website because of "insufficient permissions". I use CuteFTP and it says the owner is "99".

Does anyone know how to overcome this?

**iFast_Presh** · 07-05-2007, 08:32 AM

What kind of account do you hold ?
Do you have root access ?

**damien_ls** · 07-05-2007, 09:36 AM

Assuming that you're unable to login to your FTP space as user '99' then my recommendation would be to contact your host.

If you have a VPS with SSH access then you may be able to delete the file that way.

**rllunzmann** · 07-09-2007, 10:06 PM

Or try editing the permissions with your control panel, what about through shell access (most likely not on a shared server). Other than that, as Damien mentioned, please contact your web host.

**thecreep** · 07-09-2007, 10:15 PM

Chmod the file to 0x777 and then try to delete it. If this fails to work for some reason contact your web hosting provider support.

**seolman** · 11:00 PM

Using Cute FTP, select the file on the server and right click, you'll see details on setting file permissions.

**linknz** · 07-12-2007, 12:26 AM

you could try to chmod it and make it read and writable.